餅餤べいだん

noun

Heian-period mochi pastry with egg and vegetables

Historical food term; a Heian-era confection made by mixing duck or goose eggs with vegetables, boiling the mixture, wrapping it in mochi, and cutting it into squares. Rarely encountered outside historical contexts.

• 餅餤べいだんは平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅうで食たべられていた菓か子しの一いっ種しゅである。

  Beidan is a type of confection that was eaten at the imperial court during the Heian period.

• 文ぶん献けんに「餅餤べいだん」という言こと葉ばが出でてくるが、現げん代だいではほとんど見みかけない。

  The word 'beidan' appears in historical documents, but it is rarely seen today.